January 7, 2016
Cultural Representation Stereotypes Myths Ageism
Week 1
What are stereotypes?
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A one sided, exaggerated and usually prejudiced view of a group or class of people negative
and positive stereotypes
Examples of Stereotypes
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Old people are a

Developing an effective
Chapter 5plan
business
What is a business plan?
Document sets out the:
Basic business idea
Start-up considerations
User of the business plan
Common business plan flaws
Overly optimistic
Vague marketing strategy
Poor organization de

Social Work Admissions Test
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Applications due no later than March 1st
Those in need of accommodations,
application is due Feb 1st
Pre-application required before you
complete the full application
Writing Dates: Ma

Rewind
Recap: Ageism
Discrimination and
Oppression against
individuals and groups
based on their age.
Whats the Perfect Age?
Working with Older Adults
The tendency to put an
older persons age first
and foremost, and the
corresponding inability to
see ol

Reflection Paper #4 2PO3 Canadian Adolescents
One of the most integral moments of growing up is when an individual first
discovers their developing bodies and heightened sexuality. For the first time in our lives,
our body sends us messages that make us f

Reflection Paper #4 2PO3 Canadian Adolescents
Homophobic bullying and mockery arises out of a faulty idea that
homosexuals are somehow inferior to heterosexuals because of a loss of not
following standard gender roles. Its a serious problem in teen cultur

Reflection Paper #4 2PO3 Canadian Adolescents
Homophobic bullying and mockery arises out of a faulty idea that homosexuals
are somehow inferior to heterosexuals because of a loss of not following
standard gender roles. Its a serious problem in teen cultur

Reflection Two- Canadian Adolescence
Self-esteem is defined as confidence in ones own worth and abilities. In
todays society I feel as if individuals say they possess poor self-esteem because it is
common, and those who have high self-esteem most often do

Canadian Adolescence- Reflection Paper 1
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the services of others.
This quote written by Gandhi perfectly describes my journey, and thoughts of the
adolescence years. Adolescence is definitely a unique ex

Women Recognized as Persons Under
the Law, but not yet Equal
Sexism and Feminism
Definitions:
What are we talking about?
SEX:
doctors define sex mostly based on genitalia size, sometimes
they include the kinds of chromosomes, genetics, and hormones
pres

Canadian Adolescents
Popular Music and Social Networking Sites
Teenagers and Music
Youth music is another word in our culture for music.
Music is everywhere today.
Much of it is aimed at the young.
Young people like all sorts of music.
The neighborho

2PO3 Reflection Paper 2
Write a short reflection paper (one single spaced page in 12 pt font) on ONE of the
following questions. Use the question as a provocation to your own thinking about the
subject or theme that the question represents. Your responses

Reflection Paper #1 2PO3
Write a short reflection paper (one single spaced page in 12 pt font) on ONE of the
following questions. Use the question as a provocation to your own thinking about the
subject or theme that the question represents. Your response